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Health Highlights: May 7, 2021
U.S. Likely to Achieve July 4 COVID-19 Vaccination Target, But Challenges Remain It's likely that the United States will achieve President Joe Biden's target...
How Summer Camps Can Shield Your Kids from Allergies, Asthma & COVID
SUNDAY, May 9, 2021 -- As kids get ready for summer camp, parents might be fretting about exposure to COVID-19, but a doctors' group says they also need to...
Could Your Child Have a Heart Defect? Know the Warning Signs
SATURDAY, May 8, 2021 -- Heart defects are often – but not always – detected at birth, so it's important to pay attention when a child gets dizzy, passes out or...
Physician's Briefing Weekly Coronavirus Roundup
Here is what the editors at Physician's Briefing chose as the most important COVID-19 developments for you and your practice for the week of May 3 to 7, 2021....
Poll Finds Many Parents Hesitant to Get Younger Children Vaccinated
FRIDAY, May 7, 2021 -- As U.S. health officials prepare to authorize the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use in younger children, a new poll shows that...
Low Bone Mineral Density Prognostic for Atherosclerotic CVD
FRIDAY, May 7, 2021 -- Bone mineral density (BMD) has independent prognostic value for predicting atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) in women,...
U.S. Likely to Achieve July 4 COVID-19 Vaccination Target, but Challenges Remain
FRIDAY, May 7, 2021 -- It is likely that the United States will achieve President Joe Biden's target of having at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine into the...
Many Oncology Patients Are Lonely During COVID-19
FRIDAY, May 7, 2021 -- More than half of oncology patients are experiencing loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic, and they report higher symptom severity...
Lots of Sugary Drinks Doubles Younger Women's Colon Cancer Risk: Study
FRIDAY, May 7, 2021 -- Rates of colon cancer among young Americans are on the rise, and a new study suggests that drinking too many sugary beverages may be to...
AHA News: How Social Isolation Can Harm Health as You Age – and How to Prevent It
FRIDAY, May 7, 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- Barbara Stopfer hasn't had much of a social life since her husband died six years ago. She stopped...
Clearside Biomedical Announces Resubmission of New Drug Application for Xipere for Treatment of Macular Edema Associated with Uveitis
ALPHARETTA, Ga., May 03, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Clearside Biomedical, Inc. (Nasdaq: CLSD), a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to developing and delivering...
Chiesi Global Rare Diseases Announces FDA Approval of Ferriprox (deferiprone) for Treatment of Transfusional Iron Overload due to Sickle Cell Disease
May 1, 2021 Approval is based on demonstrated reduction in liver iron concentration Expanded indications for patients with sickle cell disease or other...
FDA Approves Kloxxado (naloxone hydrochloride) Nasal Spray for Emergency Treatment of Opioid Overdose
LONDON, April 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (Hikma), the multinational pharmaceutical company, announces the approval of Kloxxado...
Farxiga Approved in the US for the Treatment of Chronic Kidney Disease in Patients at Risk of Progression With and Without Type-2 Diabetes
30 April 2021 Approval is the most significant advancement in the treatment of chronic kidney disease in more than 20 years In DAPA-CKD Phase III trial,...
Takeda Announces U.S. FDA Grants Priority Review for New Drug Application for Mobocertinib (TAK-788) as a Treatment for EGFR Exon20 Insertion+ Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. & OSAKA, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE) April 27, 2021-- Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (TSE:4502/NYSE:TAK) (“Takeda”) today...
Reata Announces FDA Accepted for Filing the NDA for Bardoxolone for the Treatment of Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease Caused by Alport Syndrome
PLANO, Texas, April 26, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: RETA) (“Reata,” the “Company,” or...
Axsome Therapeutics Announces FDA Acceptance and Priority Review of New Drug Application for AXS-05 for Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder
NEW YORK, April 26, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: AXSM), a biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapies for the...
FDA Approves Zynlonta (loncastuximab tesirine-lpyl) for Relapsed or Refractory Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma
LAUSANNE, Switzerland--(BUSINESS WIRE) APRIL 23, 2021 -- ADC Therapeutics SA (NYSE: ADCT) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has...
FDA Approves Jemperli (dostarlimab-gxly) for Women with Recurrent or Advanced dMMR Endometrial Cancer
London UK 22 April 2021 -- GlaxoSmithKline today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Jemperli (dostarlimab-gxly), a...
Genmab and Seagen Announce U.S. FDA Filing Acceptance for Priority Review of Tisotumab Vedotin Biologics License Application for Patients with Recurrent or Metastatic Cervical Cancer
COPENHAGEN, Denmark and BOTHELL, Wash.; April 09, 2021 – Genmab A/S (Nasdaq: GMAB) and Seagen Inc. (Nasdaq: SGEN) today announced that the U.S. Food and...
New England Journal of Medicine Publishes Phase 2b Clinical Trial Results Demonstrating Efficacy of Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine Against the B.1.351 Variant
Publication of initial primary analysis highlights NVX-CoV2373 cross-protection against B.1.351 variant prevalent in South Africa during...
Novavax Initiates Pediatric Expansion for Phase 3 Clinical Trial of COVID-19 Vaccine
PREVENT-19 clinical trial expanded to assess the efficacy, safety and immunogenicity of NVX-CoV2373 for the prevention of COVID-19 in up to 3,000...
Moderna Announces Emergency Use Listing Granted by the World Health Organization for its COVID-19 Vaccine
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr. 30, 2021-- Moderna, Inc. (Nasdaq: MRNA), a biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and...
Phathom Pharmaceuticals Announces Positive Topline Results from Pivotal Phase 3 Trial of Vonoprazan in Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) Infection; Study Met All Primary and Secondary Endpoints
Both vonoprazan-based treatment regimens demonstrated superior eradication rates vs. a standard of care proton pump inhibitor (PPI)-based triple therapy New...
New England Journal of Medicine Publishes Results of Global Phase 3 Clinical Program of Vadadustat for the Treatment of Anemia Due to Chronic Kidney Disease
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Akebia Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: AKBA), a biopharmaceutical company with the purpose to better the lives of...
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